Adobe Gallery Blog

Based on research by Lanmon and Harlow and published in their book on Zia Pueblo pottery, we are much more informed on design styles and dating of Zia pottery than ever before.

We now know that the orange/tan slip, as seen on this jar, first appeared in the 1900-1910 period. An even more significant discovery is that the loss of red banding on the underside of the vessel being replaced by a polished red slip occurred in the 1920-1930 period. Base on the most restrictive of these criteria, this jar then dates to the decade before the 1920s.

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